Sporadic norovirus infections among hospitalized and non-hospitalized 0-3-year-old infants

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-69

  Kele, Beatrix ^a   Abrok, Marianna Papp ^a   Deak, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOROVIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NOROVIRUS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS;

EID: 58049202241     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802530646     Document Type: Article

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